Equal Groups With Remainders

At the doctor's office, bandages come in packages of 8.  If they use 67 bandages for all of the shots they give in one day, how many packages of bandages did they open? 

• 8 - ignore the remainder

• 9 - round up

• 3 - use the remainder

• 8 3/8 - turn it into a fraction

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

The 6 giraffes had a total of 8,948 square feet to roam at the zoo.  They split the space so that each giraffe would have an equal amount of room.  How much room does each giraffe have? 

• 1,491 - ignore the remainder

• 1,492 - round up

• 2 - answer is the remainder

• 1,491 2/6 - turn it into a fraction

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

The 124 5th graders are going on a field trip to the beach. Eighteen kids can fit into a van. How many vans must they take? 

• 6 - ignore the remainder

• 7 - round up

• 16 - the remainder is the answer

• 6 16/18 - turn it into a fraction

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Bob is filling bags of candy for his birthday party. He is putting 7 pieces in each bag. If he has 80 pieces of candy, how many bags can he make? What is Bob's goal?

• give out all the candy

• put all of the candy in bags

• fill as many bags as he can

• move to Hawaii

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Bob is filling bags of candy for his birthday party. He is putting 7 pieces in each bag. If he has 80 pieces of candy, how many bags can he make? Since his goal is to make as many bags as he can, what will he do with the three left over pieces of candy?

• Ignore them

• Round up and make another full bag

• Cut them into fractions

• The remainder is the answer to the question

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

You are dividing people into equal groups to fill vans to take them to a ball game. If there are some people left over after you fill as many vans as you can, what will you do with the remainder?

• ignore it: the people left over just won't get to go

• round up: you will need another whole van, even though it won't be full

• the answer is the remainder

• turn the remainder into a fraction: you will cut the last van into smaller pieces

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

You are making equal teams from a group of people. If you want to know how many people won't be on a team, what will you do with the remainder?

• ignore it:

• round up

• the remainder is the answer

• turn the people left over into fractions and put part of a person on each of the teams.

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

If you have to send all of something somewhere in containers (buses, vans, cars, shipping boxes, etc.) and the question is how many containers will you need, what will you always do with a remainder?

• ignore it

• round up the next whole number

• the remainder will be the answer

• turn it into a fraction

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Are the strawberries organized into 3 equal groups?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.2.OA.C.3